Tapo

Tapo

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Supported Devices

See [/SUPPORTEDDEVICES.md][supporteddevices] for the supported devices and feature matrix.

Rust Library

Usage

> Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
tapo = "0.9"

> main.rs

let device = ApiClient::new("", "tapo-password")
    .p110("")
    .await?;

device.on().await?;

Examples

export TAPO_USERNAME=
export TAPO_PASSWORD=
export IP_ADDRESS=

cargo run --example tapo_l530

See all examples in [/tapo/examples][examples].

Python Library

Usage

pip install tapo

client = ApiClient("", "tapo-password")
device = await client.p110("")

await device.on()

Examples

cd tapo-py
uv venv # On the initial run only
uv sync --group dev --locked
uv run maturin develop # On the initial run and whenever the Rust code is modified

export TAPO_USERNAME=
export TAPO_PASSWORD=
export IP_ADDRESS=

uv run python examples/tapo_p110.py

See all examples in [/tapo-py/examples][examples-py].

MCP Server

An MCP server that exposes Tapo devices as AI-callable tools and resources via the Model Context Protocol. See [/tapo-mcp/README.md][tapomcp] for setup and usage.

Community Projects

• [tapo-rest][tapo_rest] — a REST wrapper of this library that can be deployed as a service or serve as an advanced example.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome and encouraged! See [/CONTRIBUTING.md][contributing].

Credits

Inspired by [petretiandrea/plugp100][inspired_by].

[supporteddevices]: https://github.com/mihai-dinculescu/tapo/blob/main/SUPPORTEDDEVICES.md [examples]: https://github.com/mihai-dinculescu/tapo/tree/main/tapo/examples [examples-py]: https://github.com/mihai-dinculescu/tapo/tree/main/tapo-py/examples [tapomcp]: https://github.com/mihai-dinculescu/tapo/tree/main/tapo-mcp [taporest]: https://github.com/ClementNerma/tapo-rest [contributing]: https://github.com/mihai-dinculescu/tapo/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md [inspired_by]: https://github.com/petretiandrea/plugp100

Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: mihai-dinculescu
• Source: mihai-dinculescu/tapo
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.